Posted by admin on October 2, 2009 under Free Software | 
Scribus is an Open Source Desktop Publishing (DTP) software that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout. It has the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, like
- CMYK Color
- ICC Color Management
- Separations
- Spot Colors
- Versatile Pdf Creation
Scribus is a desktop publishing(DTP) application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software. It is based on the free Qt toolkit, therefore native versions are available for Linux, Unix -like, Mac OS X, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows. It is known for its broad set of page layout features comparable to leading non-free applications like:
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe PageMaker
- PagePlus
- QuarkXPress
Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include
- Books
- Brochures
- Newsletters
- Posters
- Writing Small Newspapers
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Scribus supports most major image formats including scalable vector graphics (SVG). Professional type/image setting features include CMYK colors and ICC color management. It has a built-in scripting engine using Python. It is available in more than 24 languages.
Printing is achieved using its own internal level 3 PostScript driver, including support for font embedding and sub-setting with TrueType, Type 1 and OpenType fonts. The internal driver supports full Level 2 PostScript constructs and a large subset of Level 3 constructs.
PDF support includes transparency, encryption and a large set of the PDF 1.4 spec as well as PDF/X3, including interactive PDFs form fields, annotations and bookmarks. While PDF export is very good, it is not currently able to import/edit PDF files, and PDFs exported from Scribus 1.3.3.x and earlier are not searchable in Acrobat Reader if the fonts were outlined/subsetted.
Reference - Scribus DTP at Wikipedia
Posted by admin on August 24, 2009 under Free Software |
WordWeb is a comprehensive one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words from almost any program, showing definitions, synonyms and related words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and sounds-like links.
Latest version 5 – now with fast one-click look up, web-reference tabs, bookmarks, Vista support, and more
- One-click look up – You can now look up words in essentially any program with just one click: hold down the control key and click with the mouse. No need to select the word first (unless you wish to replace it with a synonym). The hot key can be changed as you wish.
- Web reference tabs – The main WordWeb database can be used while you are offline. However if you are online you can now also quickly check web references, for example Wikipedia or your other favorite site. The web references are displayed in tabs near the top of the window: just click a tab to look up the word online and see the result right inside the WordWeb window.
- Bookmarks – There’s a new Bookmark menu that you can use to bookmark words. There’s also a Random option to look up a random bookmark to help you learn vocabulary.
- Basic English – WordWeb has a large and comprehensive database, but often you want to find the clearest most widely understood word for a particular sense. There is now an option to most common words in bold, so you can easily choose words that will be widely understood even by non-native English speakers.
- Sound – There’s a new button on the WordWeb toolbar to use Windows’ speech engine to pronounce the look-up word. You can also install optional sound files to look up reliable pronunciations for many words. This is in addition to a text representation of over 70 000 pronunciations.
- Improved database – There are many thousands of new senses, synonyms and clarifications. Sense ordering is now improved so the most common usage of a word is shown first: for example ‘Brave’ is usually used as an adjective, so now this sense is listed first.
- Customizable cross-references – In WordWeb Pro 5 you can customize the list of web-reference tabs and the list of third-party dictionaries shown under the X-ref button. If WordWeb doesn’t automatically detect another dictionary you have installed, you can now add a link yourself.
WordWeb - Free English Thesaurus Dictionary Download
WordWeb English Dictionary Free Version
WordWeb is free subject to licensing terms. The comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary includes:
- Definitions and synonyms
- Proper nouns
- Related words
- Pronunciations
- 150 000 root words
- 120 000 synonym sets
- Fixed web reference tabs
Posted by admin on August 14, 2009 under Free Software |
FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License and runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux and MacOS X via Java Runtime Environment (JRE). FreeMind uses the Swing GUI toolkit for Java.
FreeMind allows the user to edit a hierarchical set of ideas around a central concept. The non-linear approach assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map.
As a Java application, FreeMind is portable across multiple platforms and retains its same user interface, causing some amount of variation from the common interface in each platform.
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Mac users may notice the most difference from their traditional user interface.
Features Of FreeMind Mind Mapping Software
- Clouds around branches
- Export document to PDF and OpenDocument
- Export to HTML and XHTML
- Exports image to PNG, JPEG and SVG
- Folding branches
- FreeMind browser/player for web in Java or Flash
- Graphical links connecting nodes
- Icons on nodes
- Save files as XML
- Search restricted to single branches
- Transform maps using XSLT
- Web and file hyperlinks from nodes
Freemind Sourceforge Plugins
Freemind comes with the following plugins from Sourceforge.
- Time Management
- Export to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and export to Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Help
Read More about Sourceforge FreeMind Mind Mapping Software and Plugins at Wikipedia
